Previous Award Recipients
Innovation Award
- 2021 Winner: No nominations received
- 2020 Winner: Arizona Game and Fish Department
Scientific Collecting License Data Submission Web Application
- 2019 Winner: No nominations received
- 2018 Winner: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
DGIF Law Enforcement Automatic Vehicle Locator
- 2017 Winner: Missouri Department of Conservation
ArcGIS Tools to Analyze High-Quality LIDAR Data
- 2016 Winner: Missouri Department of Conservation
Waterfowl Hunting Harvest Data
- 2015 Winner: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Remote-controlled trapping of feral hogs
- 2014 Winner: Missouri Department of Conservation
Mo Hunting mobile app
- 2013 Winner: Missouri Department of Conservation
Feral Hog Mobile Application
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Student Scholarship
- 2021 Winners: No scholarship offered for virtual meeting
- 2020 Winners: No scholarship offered for virtual meeting
1. Brittany Bajo, Tennessee Technological University
- 2019 Winners:
Research Topic: Modeling fundamentally suitable freshwater mussel habitat in the Duck River drainage, Tennessee
2. Logan Sleezer, Virginia Tech
Research Topic: Partitioning the effects of changing land use and introduced species on spatiotemporal abundance
trends and biotic homogenization in native fish communities of New River tributary systems
- 2018 Winner: Jordan Holtswarth, Tennessee Technological University
Research Topic: Assessing the association between freshwater mussel beds and hydrogeomorphic features in two
Ozark River drainages
- 2017 Winner: Isabel Faith Papraniku, Tennessee Technological University
Research Topic: Stream Biota Community Structure in an Intermittent Stream
- 2016 Winner: Kayla Key, University of Missouri Columbia
Research Topic: A tool for identifying potential threats to species on a landscape level: an example geared toward
freshwater mussels in Missouri
- 2015 Winner: Daniel Walker, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Research Topic: Assessing Lake Sturgeon Spawning Habit on the Upper Tennessee River
- 2013 Winner: Shannon Chapin, University of Maine
Research Topic: Native Bee Abundance in Maine’s Wild Blueberries
Best Presentation
2020 Winners (tie):
Brittany Bajo
Tennessee Technological University
“Field Validating a Suitable Habitat Model for the Gasconade River”
Don Schrupp
Colorado Division of Wildlife (retired)
“OFWIM Annual Conference Archive—A Title Slide Review of the Last Decade’s Presentations”
2019 Winner: Daniel McGarvey
Virginia Commonwealth University
“Look at me: I have something I want to share with you”
2018 Winner: Karen Horodysky, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
“A Tool for Data Consolidation and Standardization”
2017 Winner: Powell Wheeler, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
“Lake Bathymetry Mapping using a Raspberry Pi and Open-Source Software”
2016 Winner: Jeff Kopaska, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
“Factors Affecting Fishing License Purchase Patterns and Angler Retention Strategies in Iowa”
2015 Winner: Chris Burkett, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
“Making Data Approachable in Virginia’s Wildlife Action Plan”
2014 Winner: Keith Hurley, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
2013 Winner: Jeff Kopaska, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
“How to Manage Your Agency’s Fish Web Pages Without the Webmaster Lifting a Finger”
2012 Winner: Keith Hurley, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, “The Surprising Impacts of Technology: Development of a Fish
Identification Mobile Application”
2011 Winner: Tom Treiman, Missouri Department of Conservation, “The Missouri River Public Use Assessment: Developing a Database to
Present Statistical Results”
2010 Winners (tie):
Kirk Keller, Missouri Department of Conservation
“Smartphone Development: Examples at Two Ends of the Spectrum”
Beth Stys, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission “Development of a Mobile Application for Collecting Spatial Oil
Observation During Aerial Surveys”
2009 Winner: Bruce Schmidt, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
“Evaluation of a New Tool for Computerizing Fisheries Data in the Field”
2008 Winner: Joel Sartwell, Missouri Department of Conservation, “Animal-borne Video Systems: Recent Developments for Terrestrial
Conservation Research”
2007 Winner: Kenneth G. Boykin, New Mexico State University “Application of SWReGAP Data: Perspectives from State Wildlife Agencies”
2006 Winner: Brian Huberty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service “Remote Sensing Systems Overview for Fish and Wildlife Managers”
2005 Winner: Helen Enander and Daria Hyde, Michigan Natural Features Inventory
“Mobile GIS Technology Assists in the Conservation of the Federally Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly in Michigan”
Best Poster
2019 Winner: Christine Verdream, James Madison University
“Habitat utilization and impacts of flooding on James spineymussel populations in Virginia streams”
2018 Winner: Michelle Steg-Geltner, Yakama Nation Fisheries
“How the Yakama Nation Shares Fish and Habitat Restoration Information”
2017 Winner: George Gavrielides, Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute
“Freshwater Information Network (FIN): Using GIS to Connect Scientists with Each Other and the Conservation Community”
2016 Winner: Jeanette Jones, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
“Tennessee’s Update to the Protected Areas Database”
2015 Winner: Vicki Greer, University of Arizona
“Temperature Data Loggers to Monitor Microclimate Change: Help or Headache?”
2014 Winners (tie):
Philip Marley, Missouri Department of Conservation
“Mapping the American Badger’s Distribution and Range in Missouri”
Tim Bixler, Missouri Department of Conservation
“Using Satellite Telemetry to Facilitate Future Management of Missouri Elk”
2013 Winner: Philip Marley, Missouri Department of Conservation, for his poster “Spatial Modeling to Predict Swamp Rabbit Habitat in
Missouri”
2012 Winner: Bruce Schmidt, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, for his poster “Demonstration of an Integrated Tabular and GIS
Based Data Query System”
2011 Winners: Beth Stys and Jennifer Bock, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, for their poster “A Basin Approach to
Conserving Florida’s Freshwater Habitats and Species”
2010 Winner: Beth Stys, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, for her poster “Development of a Mobile Application for
Collecting Spatial Oil Observation During Aerial Surveys”
2009 Winner: Jeff Cowen and Brendan Sylvester, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, for their poster “Scientific Data
Management Team.”
2008 Winner: Cathy Ricketts and Beth Stys, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, for their poster “Mapping Threats to
Florida’s Freshwater Habitats.”
2007 Winner: Julie C. Ellis (Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine) and Megan Hines (USGS National Wildlife Health Center) for their
poster,“Seabirds as Indicators on Environmental Health: Citizen Scientists Monitor Seabird Mortality throughout the Atlantic Coast of the
United States.”
2006 Winner: Julie Prior-Magee (U.S. Geological Survey), Ken Boykin (New Mexico State University), Andrea Ernst (New Mexico State
University),and John Lowry (Utah State University) for their poster, “Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project.”
2005 Winner: Roxanne Broadway (U.S. Geological Survey), Tom Lupo (California Department of Fish and Game), Tony McKinney (U.S. Fish
andWildlife Service), Jennifer Pollock (U.S. Geological Survey), Robert Fisher (U.S. Geological Survey), Felicia Sirchia (U.S. Geological
Survey), and BillPerry (U.S. Geological Survey) for their poster, “BIOS: Key Partnership and Innovative Technology Enable Improved Data
Sharing in Southern California.”
| Copyright © 2023 Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers | OFWIM is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. |
